"سرد لرحلة إلى موقع مدينة بابل في ١٨١١، طُبعت الآن لأول مرة: مذكرات على الأطلال؛ مع نقوش من الخرائط المدبئية للمؤلف: ملاحظات على طبوغرافية بابل القديمة،بقلم الرائد رينيل؛ في إشارة إلى المذكرات: مذكرات ثانية على الأطلال؛ في إشارة إلى ملاحظات الرائد رينيل: مع سرد لرحلة إلى برسبوليس: طُبعت الآن لأول مرة، مع كتابات مسمارية نسخت في برسبوليس ولم تُنشر من قبل: كتبها الراحل كلوديوس جيمس ريتش، المحترم، المقيم البريطاني السابق لشركة الهند الشرقية في بغداد. حررته أرملته." [‎٢‎٦‎٨] (٤٧٤/٤١١)

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of Hafiz and Saadi, and replace them with modern
ones of his own. The original tomb of Hafiz was
quite perfect, as the dervish assured me, who
well remembers it, when Kerim Khan ordered it
to be removed. A cypress-tree was carved in the
centre of the slab. The garden too, I was told, was
much more extensive then, and the building larger.
Just outside the Hafizia, at the door of a little
building attached to the garden-wall, is the tomb of
Abdulla, the author of the celebrated Vessaf.
September \2th. —This evening a party belonging
to Zeki Khan (the Vizir) came out to the neigh
bouring garden of the Haft-Ten. They consisted
of his two sons, two nephews, and several officers of
his household. They were all, with the exception
of one son (a child), and one of his nephews, quite
drunk, and took no pains to hide it. Yet it is
something in favour of the temper and character of
the Persians that they are not given to quarrelling
and violence in these scenes of intoxication : the
most dreadful excesses would be committed by
Turks under such circumstances. As a set-off
against their good-humour, it must be remarked, in
estimating the national character, that the Persians
are unthinking, perpetually joking, and deficient in
solidity, sympathy, and kindness : they are deficient
in feeling and sentiment. In this they are much
below the Turks, among whom there is often great
attachment, in spite of their religion and govern
ment, especially between master and servant. With